'I've seen women do stuff that I didn't even know was possible': Ultra-cyclist Lael Wilcox on the people who inspire her

Round the world record holder shares stories of inspiration from her series of Komoot women’s rallies

Riders on a Komoot women's rally
(Image credit: Komoot)

Despite her 108-day record-breaking trip around the world, Lael Wilcox says some of the most inspiring and memorable experiences she has had on the bike have come on the Komoot women’s rallies she has been a part of over the last four years.

Wilcox says that on the most recent rally in Arizona – which was 394 miles (634km) long – she rode with one woman who was four months pregnant and three who had recently survived cancer.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.

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